#AE85CE#AE85CE

#AE85CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.113 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE85CE
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 206)
HSL	hsl(274, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 35.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 29.45, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 43.33, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0719 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.113 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9816, 30.2304, 62.2674)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE85CE #A5CE85

analogous

#8A85CE #AE85CE #CE85CA

triadic

#AE85CE #CEAE85 #85CEAE

tetradic

#AE85CE #CE8A85 #A5CE85 #85CACE

square

#AE85CE #CE8A85 #A5CE85 #85CACE

split-complementary

#AE85CE #CACE85 #85CE8A

monochromatic

#723E9B #9159BC #AE85CE #CBB1E0 #E8DCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AE85CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#AE85CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE85CE

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE85CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE85CE	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7794D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae85ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.113 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a9dd',
    500: '#ae85ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae85ce;
$custom-light: #c7a9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae85ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.699,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68286,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE85CE

secondary

#D6E3CC

accent

#B6306A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE85CE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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